Counrty of destinstion | Total | Months | |||||||||||
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | ||
TOTAL | 3 973 009 | 423 065 | 400 586 | 230 690 | 75 288 | 123 317 | 286 104 | 316 614 | 470 948 | 555 633 | 493 119 | 328 223 | 269 422 |
Of which: | |||||||||||||
EU | 601 221 | 253 728 | 229 035 | 118 458 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Austria | 41 143 | 16 588 | 16 173 | 8 382 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Belgium | 21 252 | 8 007 | 7 370 | 5 875 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Croatia | 5 425 | 1 222 | 2 699 | 1 504 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Cyprus | 1 470 | 796 | 376 | 298 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Czech Rep. | 20 222 | 11 305 | 6 378 | 2 539 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Denmark | 5 433 | 2 227 | 1 521 | 1 685 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Finland | 954 | 360 | 304 | 290 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
France | 34 875 | 13 167 | 13 364 | 8 344 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Germany | 54 889 | 21 219 | 22 729 | 10 941 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Greece | 180 115 | 83 423 | 62 794 | 33 898 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Hungary | 10 154 | 2 970 | 4 280 | 2 904 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Ireland | 1 639 | 793 | 544 | 302 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Italy | 24 839 | 14 331 | 10 024 | 484 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Malta | 692 | 295 | 198 | 199 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Netherlands | 11 823 | 4 558 | 5 706 | 1 559 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Poland | 11 683 | 4 953 | 3 009 | 3 721 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Portugal | 3 090 | 1 777 | 986 | 327 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Romania | 91 379 | 25 830 | 45 040 | 20 509 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Slovakia | 8 423 | 4 398 | 1 217 | 2 808 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Slovenia | 5 394 | 2 444 | 1 821 | 1 129 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Spain | 31 349 | 15 945 | 12 919 | 2 485 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Sweden | 4 692 | 1 802 | 1 686 | 1 204 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
United Kingdom | 28 036 | 14 264 | 7 209 | 6 563 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other countries from EU | 2 250 | 1 054 | 688 | 508 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Other European countries | 427 479 | 160 155 | 160 803 | 106 521 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Norway | 1 276 | 698 | 476 | 102 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Republic of North Macedonia | 71 705 | 28 226 | 30 388 | 13 091 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Russian Fed. | 6 474 | 2 285 | 2 080 | 2 109 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Serbia | 95 928 | 38 655 | 38 200 | 19 073 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Switzerland | 5 053 | 2 291 | 2 329 | 433 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Turkey | 244 489 | 87 279 | 86 130 | 71 080 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Ukraine | 2 554 | 721 | 1 200 | 633 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Оther countries | 6 478 | 2 128 | 2 765 | 1 585 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Canada | 1 316 | 240 | 761 | 315 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Israel | 2 626 | 1 037 | 1 038 | 551 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
USA | 2 536 | 851 | 966 | 719 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Rest of the world | 19 163 | 7 054 | 7 983 | 4 126 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
1 In connection with the epidemic situation related to the spread of Covid-19 in the Republic of Bulgaria and the temporarily suspended conduction of the statistical survey at the border, the data on the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad by purpose of visit and by country of destination were for months January - March. For the period from April to December, the Ministry of Interior provided data, which included only the total number. |
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Trips of Bulgarian residents abroad by months and by country of destination

Contact | |
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Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
Contact organisation unit | "Statistics of Tourism and Business Surveys" Department |
Contact name | Lidia Sandeva |
Contact person function | State Expert |
Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str., 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria |
Contact email address | |
Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 681 |
Contact fax number | |
Metadata update | |
Metadata last certified | 24 October 2017 |
Metadata last posted | 24 October 2017 |
Metadata last update | 24 October 2017 |
Statistical presentation | |
Data description | Trips of Bulgarian residents abroad by purpose of visit and by country of destination; Arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria by purpose of visit and by country of origin. |
Classification system | Nomenclature of the countries and territories by statistical purposes. |
Sector coverage | All foreigners, visiting Bulgaria by country of residents, by months and by purposes of visiting; All Bulgarian residents travelling abroad by months and by purposes of trips. |
Statistical concepts and definitions | An international tourist is any person who travels to a country other than his/her permanent residence but no more than one year and whose main purpose is not doing any activity for payment in place visited. The purposes of visiting a country are the following: · Excursion, holiday or entertainment (visits to cultural or historical sightseeing, sports events and other); · Visiting friends and relatives; · Professional purposes (business trips, participation in conferences, congresses, concluding deals, etc.); · Other purposes. |
Statistical unit | Every tourist - Bulgarian or foreign citizen. |
Statistical population | All foreign and Bulgarian residents passing the border. |
Reference area | For the Trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - definite countries, for the foreigners - territory of Republic of Bulgaria. |
Time coverage | From January 2008 to the last reference month of the current year. |
Base period | 2008 |
Unit of measure | |
Number | |
Reference period | |
Monthly, Annually | |
Institutional mandate | |
Legal acts and other agreements | A gentleman's agreement with the World Tourism Organization. |
Data sharing | Not applicable. |
Confidentiality | |
Confidentiality - policy | · Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society. |
Confidentiality - data treatment | Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law. |
Release policy | |
Release calendar | The date for publishing of statistical information is indicated in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. The statistical information on the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad and arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria is published monthly: a month after the reference period on the website of the NSI. |
Release calendar access | The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480 |
User access | The data are published on the NSI website, section Business statistics - Tourism in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers. |
Frequency of dissemination | |
Monthly | |
Accessibility and clarity | |
News release | Monthly |
Publications |
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On-line database | Data on the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad and arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Business statistics Tourism - Trips of Bulgarian residents in abroad and arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/7050 |
Micro-data access | Micro data are not disseminated. |
Other | Not applicable. |
Documentation on methodology | Methodology of the survey. |
Quality documentation | Not available. |
Quality management | |
Quality assurance | Not applicable. |
Quality assessment | Not applicable. |
Relevance | |
User needs | The users are the Council of Ministers, Ministry of tourism, the districts and municipalities authorities, tourist organizations, science organizations, international organizations and others. |
User satisfaction | The users satisfaction survey is not carried out. |
Completeness | The data cover the requirements for completeness as regards the recommendations of the World Tourism Organization. |
Accuracy and reliability | |
Overall accuracy | The statistical data are with high degree of accuracy as regards the recommendations of the World Tourism Organization. |
Sampling error | Not applicable. |
Non-sampling error | Not applicable. |
Timeliness and punctuality | |
Timeliness | The data are published 27 days after the reference month. |
Punctuality | The publication dates by point 15.1 are observed. |
Coherence and comparability | |
Comparability - geographical | Not applicable. |
Comparability - over time | The data are calculated by common methodology and are comparable by years. |
Coherence - cross domain | Not applicable. |
Coherence - internal | Not applicable. |
Cost and burden | |
Not applicable. | |
Data revision | |
Data revision - policy | Not applicable. |
Data revision - practice | Not applicable. |
Statistical processing | |
Source data | · Ministry of Interior; · NSI?s regular monthly sample survey of passing Bulgarian and foreign citizens on the border check points. |
Frequency of data collection | Monthly |
Data collection | Data on the number of the trips of the citizens of the European Union are estimated on the basis of the information obtained from the Ministry of Interior and the airport authorities. Data on the number of citizens of ?third countries? are obtained directly from the Ministry of Interior. |
Data validation | Not applicable. |
Data compilation | The data are aggregated to total for the country. |
Adjustment | Not applicable. |
Comment |
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Wednesday, 29 May 2019 - 11:00
In April 2019, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 620.8 thousand or by 2.4% above the registered in April 2018. The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) in April 2019 composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 42.1%, followed by those with professional purpose - 29.5%, and with holiday and recreation purpose - 28.4%.
In April 2019, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 731.5 thousand or by 4.2% more in comparison with April 2018. In April 2019, the predominant share of the visits with other purposes was 40.4%, followed by trips with holiday and recreation purpose - 39.0%, and with professional purpose - 20.6%.
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Wednesday, 22 May 2019 - 11:00
In the first quarter of 2019, 929.0 thousand Bulgarian residents made tourist trips. The majority (78.4%) of them travelled only within the country, 17.7% - only abroad and 3.9% - both in the country and abroad. Compared to the same quarter of 2018 the total number of the travelled persons aged 15 and over decreased by 7.3%.
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Friday, 10 May 2019 - 11:00
In March 2019, 1 964 accommodation establishments - hotels, motels, camping sites, mountain chalets and other establishments for short-term accommodation with more than 10 bed-places were functioned in the country. The total number of the rooms in them was 57.4 thousand and the bed-places were 116.3 thousand. In comparison with March 2018, the total number of accommodation establishments (functioned during the period) increased by 1.1%, and the bed-places in them - by 1.2%.
The total number of the nights spent in all accommodation establishments registered in March 2019 was 873.8 thousand, or by 4.9% more in comparison with the same month of the previous year.
The total revenues from nights spent in March 2019 reached 48.7 million BGN or by 8.3% more compared to March 2018.
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Tuesday, 30 April 2019 - 11:00
In March 2019, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 478.3 thousand or by 3.5% above the registered in March 2018. The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) in March 2019 composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 44.2%, followed by those with professional purpose - 30.4%, and with holiday and recreation purpose - 25.4%.
In March 2019, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 555.6 thousand or by 6.0% more in comparison with March 2018. In March 2019, the predominant share of the visits with other purposes was 41.1%, followed by trips with holiday and recreation purpose - 38.8%, and with professional purpose - 20.1%.
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Wednesday, 10 April 2019 - 11:00
In February 2019, 1 868 accommodation establishments - hotels, motels, camping sites, mountain chalets and other establishments for short-term accommodation with more than 10 bed-places were functioned in the country. The total number of the rooms in them was 55.1 thousand and the bed-places were 111.3 thousand. In comparison with February 2018, the total number of accommodation establishments (functioned during the period) decreased by 0.8%, while the bed-places in them increased with 0.5%.
The total number of the nights spent in all accommodation establishments registered in February 2019 was 904.1 thousand, or by 3.8% less in comparison with the same month of the previous year.
The total revenues from nights spent in February 2019 reached 51.4 million BGN or by 2.4% more compared to February 2018.
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Wednesday, 27 March 2019 - 11:00
In February 2019, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 396.6 thousand or by 4.5% above the registered in February 2018. The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) in February 2019 composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 49.8%, followed by those with professional purpose - 27.3%, and with holiday and recreation purpose - 22.9%.
In February 2019, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 483.0 thousand or by 5.6% more in comparison with February 2018. In February 2019, the predominant share of the visits with holiday and recreation purpose was 41.8%, followed by trips with other purposes - 38.5%, and with professional purpose - 19.7%.
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Wednesday, 13 March 2019 - 11:00
In January 2019, 1 872 accommodation establishments - hotels, motels, camping sites, mountain chalets and other establishments for short-term accommodation with more than 10 bed-places were functioned in the country. The total number of the rooms in them was 55.9 thousand and the bed-places were 113.6 thousand. In comparison with January 2018, the total number of accommodation establishments (functioned during the period) decreased by 1.2%, while the bed-places in them remaining at the same level.
The total number of the nights spent in all accommodation establishments registered in January 2019 was 889.9 thousand, or by 2.2% less in comparison with the same month of the previous year.
The total revenues from nights spent in January 2019 reached 51.1 million BGN or by 2.2% more compared to January 2018.
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Trips of Bulgarian Residents Abroad and Arrivals of Visitors from Abroad to Bulgaria in January 2019Wednesday, 27 February 2019 - 11:00
In January 2019, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 402.3 thousand or by 3.8% above the registered in January 2018. The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) in January 2019 composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 48.4%, followed by the trips with professional purpose - 25.9%, and with holiday and recreation purpose - 25.7%.
In January 2019, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 554.3 thousand or by 1.9% more in comparison with January 2018. In January 2019, the predominant share of the visits with holiday and recreation purpose was 43.2%, followed by trips with other purposes - 39.1%, and with professional purpose - 17.7%.
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Wednesday, 20 February 2019 - 11:00
In the fourth quarter of 2018, 1 095.4 thousand Bulgarian residents made tourist trips. The majority (84.1%) of them travelled only within the country, 14.5% - only abroad and 1.4% - both in the country and abroad. Compared to the same quarter of 2017 the total number of the travelled persons aged 15 and over decreased by 17.6%.
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Monday, 11 February 2019 - 11:00
In December 2018, 1 997 accommodation establishments - hotels, motels, camping sites, mountain chalets and other establishments for short-term accommodation with more than 10 bed-places were functioned in the country. The total number of the rooms in them was 59.0 thousand and the bed-places were 119.9 thousand. In comparison with December 2017, the total number of accommodation establishments (functioned during the period) increased by 2.6% and the bed-places in them - by 2.8%.
The total number of the nights spent in all accommodation establishments registered in December 2018 was 844.2 thousand, or by 1.3% more in comparison with the same month of the previous year.
The total revenues from nights spent in December 2018 reached 48.4 million BGN or by 9.3% more compared to December 2017.